[Solved] Start CMD With Inactive Window

[alleypuppy]

Hey everybody,

I want to know how to open another Command Prompt window from an existing one without the new window being placed in front of the existing window; I want it to open as an inactive window, in other words. Is there a way to do this without having to download an external program?

Thanks for the help!

[!k]

start /b

[foxidrive]

This will start another CMD prompt window minimised.

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start /min

[alleypuppy]

start /b

"START /B" opens the program in the same window, which is not what I want.

This will start another CMD prompt window minimised.

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start /min

I don't want the window to be minimized. The window that I want to open inactively is supposed to be a log file of sorts that comes up behind the window that the user's interacting with. I don't want the user to have to manually make the window inactive when it pops up.

Thanks for any help!

[Ed Dyreen]

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An external app may do the trick

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cmdow.EXE "process" /INA

[alleypuppy]

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An external app may do the trick

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cmdow.EXE "process" /INA

This works great! Thanks!

[!k]

Is there a way to do this without having to download an external program?

[foxidrive]

This will start another CMD prompt window minimised.

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start /min

The window that I want to open inactively is supposed to be a log file of sorts that comes up behind the window that the user's interacting with. I don't want the user to have to manually make the window inactive when it pops up.

Minimised also means it is inactive.

Have you considered that if a window is in the background then it has to be clicked on to bring to the foreground, on the same way that a minimised window does?


At least it will if the CMD windows are set to appear in the same position, which is how I have cmd windows set to appear.

[MrKnowItAllxx]

At least it will if the CMD windows are set to appear in the same position, which is how I have cmd windows set to appear.

How would one go about changing that setting (I would like to)

[foxidrive]

Right click a CMD prompt window and set the DEFAULTS. Save it and select it to to affect all future windows and you're done. You can also set the font, colour of text and size, cmd history etc etc

FWIW here is how mine is set up wrt buffers and editing options etc.

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/cm176